As a rookie, Pittsburgh Steelers DT Keeanu Benton flashed a very high ceiling. If you glance at the stat sheet, you may not be all that impressed, but he was disruptive and had several plays that were a split-second away from being sacks. Entering Year 2, there are high expectations on him as one of the hopeful building blocks of the defensive line.
DL coach Karl Dunbar spoke to the media after a minicamp practice last week and was asked about expectations for Benton in Year 2.
“I think the next step is just being consistent. He didn’t start to, what, maybe game six or seven when Montravius [Adams] got hurt,” Dunbar said in a video posted by Post-Gazette Sports on YouTube.